and I could argue that our truly ridiculous tax system is to a great extent a byproduct of the lefties endeavor to rob from the wealthy to support the less wealthy; but it would fall on stupidly deaf ears. They'll say 'but all the tax dodges are for the wealthier', and it will do no good to try to explain to the whiners that those 'dodges' are put in place to try to offset the robbery.
It's like I can be given a knife to hold you up with on a dark street, but when someone gives you a gun to defend yourself with, I piss and moan that you have been given an unfair advantage.
I have tried to explain to others that your tax break is my burden and vice versa, but people become incredibly stupid and short-sighted when you start to talk about removing their advantages. Once you give somebody something, you play hell trying to take it back. So instead, things just get more and more crazy-quilted as the one side continues to try to take what the other side has and the other side tries to keep it.